College Football 2015: Win Total Under Bets
By Ty Duffy
College Football win total bets are out. Here are some unders we like.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets [7.5] Georgia Tech has an inconsistent track record. They bring back Justin Thomas, but lose almost every running back from last season. Their schedule gets much harder. Tech drew Florida State and Clemson from the cross-division pile. They have Georgia and a road trip to Notre Dame non-conference. Their conference schedule contains pitfalls. Public will be high, coming off Orange Bowl win. Go low.
Maryland Terrapins [4.5] Maryland loses C.J. Brown (QB and leading rusher), its two leading receivers (notably Stefon Diggs) and a number of seniors up front on defense. Then you look at stretches on the schedule. Maryland plays at West Virginia, Michigan, at Ohio State. Then they get a bye before Penn State, at Iowa, Wisconsin, at Michigan State. Things could get pretty bleak.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish [9] Brian Kelly has reached nine or more wins once. That team went 5-0 in one-score games, twice winning in overtime. The Irish have a deceptively tough schedule. They play one game in South Bend after Oct. 17. Navy is sandwiched between Clemson and USC. Keep an eye on the finish where they play physical Boston College in Boston, then travel back across the country to play physical Stanford the next week. Funny how Kelly keeps ending up with these turnover prone quarterbacks…
South Carolina Gamecocks [7] South Carolina loses Mike Davis and Dylan Thompson, from a team that had little beyond Mike Davis and Dylan Thompson. The Gamecocks’ schedule should be hairy. They play Clemson, North Carolina and UCF non-conference. Nine opponents have a win projection of 7 or higher. South Carolina has to rebuild on the offensive line. Oh, and their defense has dropped from 4th to 104th in yards/play the past four years.
Virginia Cavaliers [4.5] Virginia’s schedule is tough. The Cavaliers play Notre Dame, Boise State and UCLA on the road non-conference. From Oct. 24 onward, the Cavaliers play North Carolina away (up tempo), Georgia Tech (triple option), back to back road trips to Miami and Louisville, followed by Duke and Virginia Tech. Combine that with the Mike London malaise and…yeah.
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